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Invasion of Quebec: Benedict Arnold’s Death March | US History | Part 2
🕑 Added 2024-07-19 17:30:01 +0000 UTCMajor General Guy Carleton, governor of Quebec, knew an invasion was imminent, given the history of colonial attempts to capture French Quebec. With limited resources and uncertain loyalty from the local population, Carleton relied on defensive strategies and hoped the Quebec Act of 1774 would secure French-Canadian support.
And as the Continental Army laid siege to Fort St. John, led by the experienced yet reluctant rebel General Richard Montgomery. Benedict Arnold embarked on a perilous overland march through the Maine wilderness. Facing sabotage, harsh conditions, and starvation Arnold and his men reached Quebec, but they were too late. The city was now fortified and ready for a fierce defense.
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Part 1 - America's Founding Disaster | Part 2 - Benedict Arnold's Death March | Part 3 - Release Date: 8/3 | Part 4 - Release Date: 8/10 | Lies - Release Date: 8/24
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Foxdoc
^w^
Stacy Parker Le Melle
Will you guys talk about Montreal?
PhlubbaDubba
Something that came back to me is that one of Benedict Arnold's grievances that led to him turning traitor was that his career advancement had actually been capped because the colonies had all agreed that only two top commanders could come from each. Is that where the drafters of the constitution eventually pulled the two senators per state rule from? Because on the face of it two senators instead of a multiple of three set to offset six year terms seems like a...weirdly specific configuration.
PhlubbaDubba
That was kinda the issue, they basically saw giving the Québécois more privileges than them as a slap in the face since they had fought in the 7 years war thinking they'd get to take the place over from those french folks. Sorta the same situation with the Appalachian border for legal settlement, goes to show that manifest destiny was already in people's minds even before they may have had an exact name for it.
Martin Verran
I sincerely hope Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen really did leap over the walls of Fort Ticonderoga shouting "Surprise!" and wear suspiciously 21st Century party hats while they did it. The only other "Death March" in history I was aware of prior to this was when the Nazis forced British Prisoners of War from Stalag Luft III [the scene of the infamous 'Great Escape' in which Hitler ordered the cold ~ blooded murder of 60 unarmed British POWs] and two other POW camps in Eastern Germany to trek across Poland, Czechoslovakia and Germany in extreme winter conditions in order to delay their liberation by the advancing Red Army in 1945.
Joël Quenneville
Interestingly, the Quebec Act is one of the colonists' grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence, even though it gave *more* freedom to the French Canadians.
Jason Youngberg
That part about the law allowing Catholics to hold office reminds me of the clause in the Constitution saying there's no religious test for public office. There were Protestant and Lutheran preachers against that clause because they feared being governed by Catholics and people following other religions (they used different words that may be considered a slur today so I'll avoid them). But it didn't stop states from putting religious laws about who could run for office. It was brought up a few years ago when an Atheist won an election in South Carolina. Fortunately, he was still allowed to hold office. Efforts to remove such unconstitutional laws from the books have largely been unsuccessful.
